The formative years --
The "economist" controversy --
The birth of Iskra and the Second Congress --
Lenin against Iskra : the 1905 Revolution --
Attempts at reunion --
The First and Second Dumas --
Towards the final split --
Lenin overplays his hand --
War and revolution --
From Lenin to Stalin --
The road to power --
The Party in the Civil War --
The Communist rule under threat --
Lenin's conflict with his colleagues --
Party composition and machinery : 1917-1922 --
Control over the Provinces : Army and legal machinery --
Conflicts among the leaders : first phase --
The defeat of Trotsky --
Party composition : relations with the government --
Army and security : industry and the peasants --
Intellectual life : the Party at home and abroad --
The Third Revolution --
The defeat of Bukharin --
The Third Revolution --
Stalin's victory over the Party --
The climax of the purge --
Composition and structure : 1929-1941 --
The Party and the nation (the State : agriculture and industry : culture : doctrine : religion) --
The non-Russian peoples : foreign relations --
The War : Party control over the Army --
The aftermath of the War (industry : agriculture : Party composition) --
Intellectual tribulations. Stalin's death --
Epilogue --
Since Stalin died.

"The formative years -- The "economist" controversy -- The birth of Iskra and the Second Congress -- Lenin against Iskra : the 1905 Revolution -- Attempts at reunion -- The First and Second Dumas -- Towards the final split -- Lenin overplays his hand -- War and revolution -- From Lenin to Stalin -- The road to power -- The Party in the Civil War -- The Communist rule under threat -- Lenin's conflict with his colleagues -- Party composition and machinery : 1917-1922 -- Control over the Provinces : Army and legal machinery -- Conflicts among the leaders : first phase -- The defeat of Trotsky -- Party composition : relations with the government -- Army and security : industry and the peasants -- Intellectual life : the Party at home and abroad -- The Third Revolution -- The defeat of Bukharin -- The Third Revolution -- Stalin's victory over the Party -- The climax of the purge -- Composition and structure : 1929-1941 -- The Party and the nation (the State : agriculture and industry : culture : doctrine : religion) -- The non-Russian peoples : foreign relations -- The War : Party control over the Army -- The aftermath of the War (industry : agriculture : Party composition) -- Intellectual tribulations. Stalin's death -- Epilogue -- Since Stalin died."@en